// object.hpp
// Objects and classes in Ripe.
//
// Copyright (C) 2008  Maksim Sipos <msipos@mailc.net>
//
// This file is a part of the Ripe language project.
//
// Ripe is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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//
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// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
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#ifndef R_OBJECT_HPP
#define R_OBJECT_HPP

#include "types/value.hpp"

namespace Ripe {
  class Klass {
    public:
      uint32_t object_size; // Number of elements inside an object.
  };

  // Special classes, (Klass*) can have these special values:
  #define KLASS_SYMBOL 1
  
  // Header of an object. The object-specific data follows this header:
  // The data is an array of klass->object_size Values.
  class Object {
    public:
      Klass* klass;

      inline Value get_element(uint32_t index)
      {
        assert(index < klass->object_size);
        Value* values = (Value*) (this + 1);
        return values[index];
      }
  };
}

#endif // R_OBJECT_HPP


